Trump calls on Cuba to return fugitive New Jersey cop killer Joanne Chesimard to U.S.

President Trump on Friday demanded that Cuba return notorious New Jersey cop killer Joanne Chesimard to the United States to face justice.

During a speech in Miami to announce changes in U.S. policy toward Cuba, Trump said the return of Chesimard and other fugitives was one of several steps the Cuban government needed to take before the longstanding embargo could be lifted.

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"To the Cuban government, I say, put an end to the abuse of dissidents, release the political prisoners, stop jailing innocent people, open yourselves to political and economic freedoms, return the fugitives from American justice, including the return of the cop killer Joanne Chesimard," Trump said.

Chesimard, a former member of the Black Liberation Army, had been serving a life sentence in prison for the 1973 murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster when she escaped from prison in 1979 and fled to the communist island nation.

She was granted political asylum by then Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

The FBI put Chesimard on its Most Wanted Terrorists list in 2013 — a first for a woman.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and several other elected officials and law enforcement leaders had been pressing the White House to make Chesimard's return a priority.

Trump, during the speech, announced new restrictions on travel and other business dealings with Cuba, reversing steps taken by President Obama to ease relations.